The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-09-01

in the past convinces us that they are given
with the mental reservation
"But for kingdom any oath may be broken,
I'd break thousand oaths TO reign one year"
AS to the practices of this Democracy. we
submit that its record of crimes and outrages on
suffrage in the procurement of power, and of
incompetency and bad administration in the
exercise of that power when obtained. is q
stronger argument than words.
THE SITUATION,
In many respects we regard the recent Fed
eral successes of the Democratic party as for
tunate for the southern people. 1t has enabled
them to see how wild and delusive was the
hope, SO long held up before their eyes. that
democratic administration AT Washington
could bring them blessings or benefits cOmpar-
able to those enjoyed under republican ad-
miniStration. The course OF the Democratic
Federal Administration IN appointing colored
men to office has taken away the pretext OF our
adverSar1es by which they Unnamed Jour race
prejudices until you voted the Democratic
ticket, the that 1t was "the white
mans party.'' In the full possession of the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and Federal-the Demo-
cratic party, which had promised you untold
happiness and prosperity when this should
come TO pass beholds you surrounded by hard
times such as you have seldom witnessed, and
Its broken promises, The farmers products
are sold at lower prices than for many years.
The orkingman finds work more difficult to
proc ure and wages lower than he has ever
known them. Trade languishes. Manufac-
lures are at their lowest ebb. Finances are
panicky, and the future is f1lod with darkness
and uncertainty. Amidst all this Democracy
rules supreme, and The Roanoke convention
| congratulates you on the enjoyment OF the
blessings of democratic government-State
and Feueral.
| There is a suggestive vagueness in the speci-
! fications as TO what constitutes your enjoyment
and what are the particular blessings TO which
| they refer. There was an apparent lack of ap-
probation of those blessings by the people IN
| the results of our congress SlOnal electons last
year. 1t is possible, however, that they were
| SO apat hetic then thai it was no expression oil
| their cal feelings, and that we may gather the
real enthusiasm of the people for Democracy
| from The recent results in Kentucky!
| Undismayed by these ev1d ences of the popu-
| larity OF Democratic rule, and trusting that we
may be forgiven if we disturb the unalloyed
| happiness of the only class OF people known To
| us who are in the enjoyment of these blessings
to wit, the Democratic office hoders-We re-
| speci1uly submit this address to the people OF
Virginia. in the hope and belief that before they
| resolve to vote again with the Democratic
| managers of this State they will ponder the1l
statements, and, recurring to the past, contrast
| our present condition with the prosperity and
| content which pervaded our land under the
| Administration of the Republican party.
| 1t surely is a cheaply won and an easily Sc
/ tanned trust which reposes i'll fancied security
| upona cabal OF shifty trimmers who, denoun-
l cling kepuolicanism and protesting Democracy
| acqui esced in the State Republican platform
in 1888 and have adopted the national Republi
| can platform in 1887
WILLIAM MALONE Chairman.
| lisa Rodgers, Secretary.
| Petersburg, Va, August Is, 1857